The Onze d'Or (alternative name: Onze Mondial European Footballer of the Year) is an association football award given by French magazine Onze Mondial since 1976. The award honors the best player in Europe, with any player in a European league eligible. Since 1991, there has also been a vote for the best coach of the year.
Onze Mondials readers select their ideal team of the season, Onze de Onze ("Onze's eleven"), and among those players they choose the top three, who receive the Onze d'Or ("Golden Onze"), Onze d'Argent ("Silver Onze"), and Onze de Bronze ("Bronze Onze"), respectively. The awards were based on the previous calendar year until 2009, but moved to a seasonal format beginning with the 2010–11 season.
Lionel Messi is the only player to have won the award on four occasions (2009–2012, 2018). Only two other players have won the Onze d'Or three times: Michel Platini (1983–1985) and Zinedine Zidane (1998, 2000–2001).
Super Onze d'Or At the 20th anniversary of the magazine in 1995, a Super Onze d'Or was chosen among the previous winners (1976–1995); French legend Michel Platini was the winner of the poll. The top five players selected were: Michel Platini (74%) Marco van Basten (10%) Diego Maradona (5%) Roberto Baggio (4%) Romário (3%)
Player of the Year Year Onze d'Or Onze d'Argent Onze de Bronze1976 Robert Rensenbrink Kevin Keegan Dominique Rocheteau1977 Kevin Keegan Michel Platini Allan Simonsen1978 Mario Kempes Johann Krankl Robert Rensenbrink1979 Kevin Keegan Trevor Francis Robert Rensenbrink 1980 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Kevin Keegan Horst Hrubesch1981 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Paul Breitner Jan Ceulemans1982 Paolo Rossi Alain Giresse Falcão1983 Michel Platini Falcão Karl-Heinz Rummenigge1984 Michel Platini Jean Tigana Preben Elkjær1985 Michel Platini Preben Elkjær Diego Maradona1986 Diego Maradona Manuel Amoros Gary Lineker1987 Diego Maradona Marco van Basten Jean Tigana1988 Marco van Basten Ruud Gullit Diego Maradona 1989 Marco van Basten Ruud Gullit Jean-Pierre Papin1990 Lothar Matthäus Salvatore Schillaci Jean-Pierre Papin 1991 Jean-Pierre Papin Chris Waddle Lothar Matthäus1992 Hristo Stoichkov Marco van Basten Jean-Pierre Papin 1993 Roberto Baggio Alen Bokšić Romário1994 Romário Hristo Stoichkov Roberto Baggio1995 George Weah Roberto Baggio Paolo Maldini1996 Eric Cantona George Weah Matthias Sammer1997 Ronaldo Zinedine Zidane Marco Simone1998 Zinedine Zidane Fabien Barthez Emmanuel Petit1999 Rivaldo David Beckham Zinedine Zidane2000 Zinedine Zidane Luís Figo Thierry Henry2001 Zinedine Zidane Michael Owen Robert Pires2002 Ronaldo Zinedine Zidane Ronaldinho2003 Thierry Henry Zinedine Zidane David Beckham2004 Didier Drogba Thierry Henry Ronaldinho 2005 Ronaldinho Steven Gerrard Thierry Henry 2006 Thierry Henry Ronaldinho Franck Ribéry2007 Kaká Cristiano Ronaldo Didier Drogba2008 Cristiano Ronaldo Lionel Messi Franck Ribéry 2009 Lionel Messi Cristiano Ronaldo Andrés Iniesta2010–11 Lionel Messi Andrés Iniesta Cristiano Ronaldo2011–12 Lionel Messi Cristiano Ronaldo Radamel Falcao2012–14This award was canceled during this period2014–15 Antoine Griezmann Paul Pogba Alexandre Lacazette2015–16This award was not awarded this season2016–17 Cristiano Ronaldo Lionel Messi Antoine Griezmann2017–18 Lionel Messi Mohamed Salah Cristiano Ronaldo 2018–19 Sadio Mané Lionel Messi Kylian Mbappé2019–20This award was not given due to the COVID-19 pandemic2020–21 Karim Benzema Lionel Messi Robert Lewandowski2021–22 Karim Benzema Sadio Mané Robert Lewandowski 2022–23 Erling Haaland Karim Benzema Kylian Mbappé 2023–24 Vinícius Júnior2024–25 Ousmane Dembélé Lamine Yamal Kylian Mbappé
Player Onze d'Or Onze d'Argent Onze de BronzeTotal Lionel Messi4 4 0 8 Zinedine Zidane 3 3 1 7 Michel Platini 3 1 0 4 Cristiano Ronaldo 2 3 2 7 Kevin Keegan 2 2 0 4 Marco van Basten 2 2 0 4 Thierry Henry 2 1 2 5 Diego Maradona 2 0 2 4 Karim Benzema 2 1 0 3 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge 2 0 1 3 Ronaldo 2 0 0 2 Ronaldinho 1 1 2 4 Roberto Baggio 1 1 1 3 Hristo Stoichkov 1 1 0 2 George Weah 1 1 0 2 Sadio Mané 1 1 0 2 Jean-Pierre Papin 1 0 3 4 Robert Rensenbrink 1 0 2 3 Lothar Matthäus 1 0 1 2 Didier Drogba 1 0 1 2 Antoine Griezmann 1 0 1 2 Paolo Rossi 1 0 0 1 Erling Haaland 1 0 0 1 Vinícius Júnior 1 0 0 1 Ousmane Dembélé 1 0 0 1
Coach of the Year YearCoachClub1991 Raymond Goethals Marseille1992 Johan Cruyff Barcelona1993 Raymond Goethals Marseille1994 Johan Cruyff Barcelona1995 Louis van Gaal Ajax1996 Guy Roux Auxerre1997 Marcello Lippi Juventus1998 Aimé Jacquet 1999 Alex Ferguson Manchester United2000 Arsène Wenger Arsenal2001 Gérard Houllier Liverpool2002 Arsène Wenger Arsenal2003 Arsène Wenger Arsenal2004 Arsène Wenger Arsenal2005 José Mourinho Chelsea2006 Frank Rijkaard Barcelona2007 Alex Ferguson Manchester United2008 Alex Ferguson Manchester United2009 Pep Guardiola Barcelona2010–11 Pep Guardiola Barcelona2011–12 Pep Guardiola Barcelona2012–14This award was canceled during this period2014–15 Hubert Fournier Lyon2015–16This award was not awarded this season2016–17 Zinedine Zidane Real Madrid2017–18 Zinedine Zidane Real Madrid2018–19 Jürgen Klopp Liverpool2019–20This award was not given due to the COVID-19 pandemic2020–21 Zinedine Zidane Real Madrid2021–22 Carlo Ancelotti Real Madrid2022–23 Carlo Ancelotti Real Madrid 2023–24This award was not awarded this season2024–25 Luis Enrique Paris Saint-Germain
Wins by coach
CoachTotal Arsène Wenger4 Alex Ferguson 3 Pep Guardiola 3 Zinedine Zidane 3 Raymond Goethals 2 Johan Cruyff 2 Carlo Ancelotti 2 Louis van Gaal 1 Guy Roux 1 Marcello Lippi 1 Aimé Jacquet 1 Gérard Houllier 1 José Mourinho 1 Frank Rijkaard 1 Hubert Fournier 1 Jürgen Klopp 1 Luis Enrique 1
See also
The Guardian 100 Best Male Footballers in the World World Soccer Player of the Year FourFourTwo Player of the Year El País King of European Soccer ESM Team of the Season
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